Glenn Martin DDS

Here's a quote about the new show produced at Cuppa Coffee Studios in Toronto debuting next week...
"New Stop-Motion Original Comedy Series Stars Kevin Nealon, Catherine O'Hara and Judy Greer in First Television Series from Michael Eisner's Tornante Animation
NEW YORK, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon, the number-one ranked cable network for 15 consecutive years, will debut Glenn Martin, DDS, the first television series to come from Michael Eisner's Tornante Animation, on Monday, August 17 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) in its Nick at Nite primetime daypart. A contemporary comedy offering relatable characters and identifiable family situations, the stop-motion primetime series features an all-star voice-over cast that includes Kevin Nealon (Weeds, Anger Management) as Glenn Martin, Catherine O'Hara (For Your Consideration, Chicken Little) as Jackie Martin and Judy Greer (27 Dresses, Arrested Development) as Wendy Park. The Martins embark on the ultimate family getaway that hits every obstacle in their path -- sometimes literally. Eric Fogel (MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch) is an executive producer overseeing animation and Sivert Glarum and Michael Jamin (King of the Hill, Just Shoot Me) serve as executive producers and show runners.
Following the series' August 17 premiere, all-new episodes of Glenn Martin, DDS will run that week, August 18-20, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The series will then move to its regular timeslot on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) beginning August 24."

(taken from http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-29-2009/0005068379&EDATE=)

Warner Bros. Christmas Show...Miser Bros. Christmas Special on ABC

Here is a pic. of the Miser Bros. Christmas Special that aired in December on ABC. I helped work on the backgrounds (sets/paint) at Cuppa Coffee Studios.

Rick and Steve (property of Cuppa Coffee Studios)

Any of the material shown was not created by me. The material is property of Cuppa Coffee. I was simply an animator working on the scenes shown (therefore; if you find the material offensive, be aware that it was written by someone other than myself). This is a sample of the rough work we hand in to our animation director for approval. The mouths are composited in later. I chose a few of the sequences that I had the most scenes in.

Sheridona:A look at the wild animator

Worked on this collaborative stop-motion animation in 3rd year co-op in the summer...

Thanks to everyone!

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone on behalf of Wing It Productions for enjoying our stop-motion film that we created this summer.

We had a great time creating it and it was great to see everyone react to it positively. Thanks for your support and suggestions to enter it into festivals!

I'm glad we were able to make everyone smile on our first day back to school!

-Ellie

(The photos you see are the worm puppet, which I designed and painted, but was constructed by Chris Walsh. Thanks for all your help mentoring us!!! I will post pictures of the sloth puppet I constructed/designed/painted soon...)

The set...

This is the way we set it all up. The various levels help us to achieve an atmospheric perspective in the background.

Quiet on the set!!!!...stop motion continues...

I airbrushed the sky for our background

These are a few of the sets, not yet ready for shooting


The worm was built by our mentor, Chris Walsh and painted by me

Stop Motion Project

As most of you know, I already completed my internship last summer. So...this summer I decided to gather a group of people interested in stop motion to test out making a film in this type of animation. It became our major summer project and fulfilled their requirements for an internship. We visited Cuppa Coffee and had a lot of support from them. Thanks to Dave Thomas, in particular, for that fantastic tour of the studio. We were very inspired!

So...without further delay, here are pics of what we have been working on...